Zhu Yunwen sat at the bottom of Zhu Yuanzhang, looking at Huang Jinyu in the court with an expressionless face, Huang Jinyu was not tall, slightly obese, standing in the main hall, his face seemed to be respectful but his words were sharp.

First, the yarn produced by this spinning machine is very fine, easy to break, not applicable, and the quality of the cloth made is not high; Second, the speed of the new spinning machine to produce yarn is too fast, and the yarn output is about twice that of Songjiang Huang Daopo's three-spindle spinning machine, and four times that of the single-spindle spinning machine used by many weavers, and the operation is very simple, which causes a shortage of raw materials and an increase in prices, while the price of finished yarn is reduced. This makes many farmers, weavers face bankruptcy, recently there have been a number of weavers burned new spinning machines, this time the textile workshop fire, in fact, there has been a precursor. ”

"I am a big Ming Wuhua Tianbao, the current three-spindle spinning machine is enough to use, in addition, "Wang Zhen Nongshu" recorded a kind of hydraulic spinning machine, there are thirty-two spindles, I did not use it, because this spinning machine is easy to damage, too many raw materials are needed, and the quality of the yarn woven is poor. This new spinning machine is actually similar to the one recorded in the "Wang Zhen Nongshu", and there is nothing special about it. ”

"Therefore, the minister thought that the new spinning machine was a disaster for the country and the people, so he asked the court to ban it."

As soon as Huang Jinyu's words fell, Lian Zining, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, stood up and said, "The minister thinks what Lord Huang said is inappropriate. ”

Huang Jinyu looked back at Lian Zining and said, "What's wrong?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, the minister thinks that what Lord Huang said is purely putting the cart before the horse, the first thing to do at present is to restore the people's livelihood and catch the murderer, although Lord Huang said that the matter of public grievances has already existed, but the fire is cruel, the death toll reached seventy-three people, more than 200 houses were destroyed, and the homeless people were close to 400 people, not to mention the loss caused by the burned loom and cloth is roughly estimated to be more than 500,000 taels, and there are more than 3,000 weavers working in the workshop, these people have lost their work in the workshop, it is the middle of winter, how to feed and wear, It's all big deals. ”

"If the murderer in this case is not caught, the other workshops will inevitably be panicked, and the unemployed 3,000 weavers will not be able to be accommodated."

"Therefore, the minister has three suggestions, first of all, to track down the murderer and solve the case within a time limit to save the hearts of the people; secondly, to properly resettle the suffering people and unemployed weavers; Finally, all weaving workshops should be inspected for hidden dangers, and the number of guards should be increased to avoid similar situations; ”

Huang Jinyu smiled slightly: "What Master Lian said is very true, but if the root cause is not removed, how can we ensure that similar things do not happen?" If this kind of thing happens again, is Master Lian willing to bear it? ”

Lian Zining didn't answer, and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Your Majesty, the minister is not familiar with the textile matter, but the minister thinks that no matter what happens in the end, the murderer must be arrested and brought to justice, and the people must be appeased, which is the first priority." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while, tilted his head, and asked, "Yunwen, what do you think?" ”

Zhu Yunwen stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Sun Chen thinks that what Lord Lian said is very true, and it is an urgent task for the court to arrest the murderer and appease the people. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang twisted his beard and said with a smile: "What the imperial grandson said is very true, so let's do it accordingly." ”

Huang Jinyu and Lian Zining bowed and saluted: "Obey the order." ”

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Qianqing Palace.

The old emperor looked at his grandson and said, "What do you think of today's events?" ”

Zhu Yunwen thought for a while and said: "Lian Zining Lian Shilang is an old and serious person, and his grandson appreciates it very much; To Huang Jinyu in the matter, the minister didn't like it very much. ”

"Oh? Why? ”

"This man is glued to the loom, and the grandson thinks that if he is not too ignorant, he has taken bribes from others."

"Bribes?" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "How can you think so?" ”

"The emergence of new textile machines, Songjiang, Suzhou these rich textile businessmen have the greatest impact, if there is an opportunity to ban new textile machines, grandchildren feel that they will definitely not let go, so grandchildren think that Huang Jinyu may have accepted bribes from Songjiang, Suzhou wealthy businessmen."

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Yun Wei, your idea is too arbitrary, the new textile machine does have a great impact on ordinary people, this is a fact, Huang Jinyu's reason is very sufficient, from the point of concern for people's livelihood, there is nothing wrong; As for whether he took a bribe, I will order Jinyi Wei to investigate the matter thoroughly. ”

"Does the imperial grandfather think that the new textile machine should be banned?"

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said: "Yun Wei, this fire has suffered heavy losses and has a great impact, if the hundred officials strongly oppose it, then I can only temporarily ban the new textile machine." ”

"But, Grandpa Huang ......" Zhu Yunwen was a little anxious.

"Yun Wei, this time the matter is not so simple, I have to wait and see what happens, you have to do it yourself."

Zhu Yunwen thought for a while and said: "The grandson obeys the order, and the grandson plans to go to the fire scene to check it out, and by the way, I would like to comfort the people." ”

"That's fine."

Zhu Yunwen returned to Duanben Palace, took the concubine Ma Hui, and called Zhuo Jing, Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng and others to go to the fire scene together, and later thought about it, and called Huang Jinyu and Lian Zining.

He walked outside the Yang Ji Textile Workshop in the first brocade workshop, but was stopped. Zhu Yunwen lifted the curtain and saw that it was Yin Song Yi of Ying Tianfu Mansion, Song Yi's hair, clothes, and face were darker than last night, and he said in a hoarse voice: "Your Highness, the fire has not been completely cleaned up, the body is still outside the fire, and the family members are very excited, and the whole scene is still relatively chaotic." His Royal Highness's daughter is noble, and it is not suitable to enter it now. ”

Zhu Yunwen stood on the chariot, looked ahead, and found that there was still some black smoke rising in the distance, and there was a burning smell in the air, and there were some miserable cries of women and children outside the fire, mixed with some "Daddy!" "Mother! "Master, why are you leaving! "Leave us two behind, how will we live in the future?" , the whole atmosphere seems very depressing. Zhu Yunwen's mood became heavy, in later generations, he often saw the scene of the fire on TV, and felt that it was nothing, but this time when he arrived at the scene, he found that things were not so simple, seventy-three lives, that is, seventy-three families, those heart-rending cries were reminding Zhu Yunwen that these people would not have died, as Huang Jinyu said, if there was no new loom, it would not have been possible to have such a large-scale fire, and so many people would not have died. Others have crossed for the benefit of the people, why is it such a tragedy when they come to their own place? Thinking of this, a feeling of guilt and remorse came to his heart, and an inexplicable sadness and pain permeated from him......

Ma Hui sensitively discovered Zhu Yunwen's abnormality and quickly pushed Zhu Yunwen. Zhu Yunwen woke up suddenly, thought for a while, and said, "It's okay, Lord Song, Lone must go to the scene to see the situation, you can arrange it." ”

Song Yi had no choice but to say: "Obey, Your Highness, the ministers will make arrangements, please wait a while." ”

Zhu Yunwen returned to the chariot, looked at the fire, and pondered quietly. Ma Hui glanced at Zhu Yunwen and said, "Your Highness, these things are not Your Highness's fault, please mourn Your Highness." ”

"Alas, Liu'er, you don't understand, Huang Jinyu is right, if there were no new looms, so many people would not have died. Lone really doesn't understand, what are these murderers for? To kill so many people? ”

"Your Royal Highness, although Liu Er doesn't know much about weaving, but I talked to Sister Fang Rui, according to her, this loom is very good, although there are some problems, but the speed of spinning has increased a lot, so that more people in Daming will buy cheaper cloth and cotton clothes, this is good governance. As for this fire, the concubines thought that it was the fault of these murderers, they were too mad and had nothing to do with His Highness. ”

"Well, that's true, in the future, I will let the School of Engineering invent more good things, so that everyone in Daming can be fed, clothed, and clothed, and have no worries about food and clothing. Lone will persevere, Lone will not retreat, Lone will not retreat......" Zhu Yunwen began to speak still to himself, but slowly became firm.